TY - JOUR
T1 - Coronary Vessel Wall Imaging
T2 - State of the Art and Future Directions
AU - Wurster, Thomas
AU - Landmesser, Ulf
AU - Engel, Leif Christopher
AU - Bigalke, Boris
AU - Makowski, Marcus
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2019/5/1
Y1 - 2019/5/1
N2 - Purpose of Review: The purpose of this paper is to review the latest advancements and developments in non-invasive coronary magnetic resonance (MR) and hybrid positron emission tomography (PET)/MR imaging. Recent Findings: Coronary MRI has advanced in recent years in different aspects, especially regarding technical developments, scan protocols, and molecular probes. Recently introduced hybrid PET/MR scanners have already demonstrated great potential in improving cardiovascular imaging. Summary: Coronary atherosclerosis and acute myocardial infarction remain major threats to physical health worldwide. Several techniques, from invasive intravascular imaging to non-invasive imaging methods, are studied extensively to identify patients with vulnerable plaques at risk for adverse coronary events. While imaging of vulnerable plaques is getting more and more sophisticated, the clinical impact of molecular plaque imaging on prognosis and disease management still has to be fully defined.
AB - Purpose of Review: The purpose of this paper is to review the latest advancements and developments in non-invasive coronary magnetic resonance (MR) and hybrid positron emission tomography (PET)/MR imaging. Recent Findings: Coronary MRI has advanced in recent years in different aspects, especially regarding technical developments, scan protocols, and molecular probes. Recently introduced hybrid PET/MR scanners have already demonstrated great potential in improving cardiovascular imaging. Summary: Coronary atherosclerosis and acute myocardial infarction remain major threats to physical health worldwide. Several techniques, from invasive intravascular imaging to non-invasive imaging methods, are studied extensively to identify patients with vulnerable plaques at risk for adverse coronary events. While imaging of vulnerable plaques is getting more and more sophisticated, the clinical impact of molecular plaque imaging on prognosis and disease management still has to be fully defined.
KW - Atherosclerosis
KW - Coronary magnetic resonance imaging
KW - Hybrid positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance imaging (PET/MR)
KW - Non-invasive plaque imaging
KW - Vulnerable plaque
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U2 - 10.1007/s12410-019-9493-5
DO - 10.1007/s12410-019-9493-5
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85063460929
SN - 1941-9066
VL - 12
JO - Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports
JF - Current Cardiovascular Imaging Reports
IS - 5
M1 - 16
ER -